News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE: Linguistic cleansing underway in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 15 July 2004
THE HAGUE/CHISINAU, 15 July 2004- "Today's forced closure of the Moldovan School in Tiraspol is nothing less than linguistic cleansing," the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said on Thursday...
OSCE launches new anti-trafficking training programme for Moldovan judges and prosecutors
Publishing date: 24 March 2004
CHISINAU, 24 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has inaugurated a new project aimed at training Moldovan judges and prosecutors in successful prosecution methods to combat human trafficking...
Moldovan trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, says UN-OSCE report
Publishing date: 17 December 2003
CHISINAU, 17 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organized crime in Moldova, the United Nations and the OSCE Mission to Moldova warn in a...
Elections in Moldova's Gagauz region meet international standards but with deficiencies, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 1 December 2003
CHISINAU, 1 DECEMBER, 2003- The overall impression of the OSCE Mission to Moldova is that the second round of elections to the People's Assembly in the autonomous Gagauz region was conducted in line with international standards for transparency and...
Improved investment climate in Moldova would help combat sex trafficking, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 18 November 2003
CHISINAU, 18 November 2003- At an international conference on combating sex trafficking, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, the Head Ambassador William Hill, has urged the Moldovan Government to take concrete steps in tackling the root...
OSCE Mission concerned over shortcomings during elections in Moldova's Gagauz Region
Publishing date: 17 November 2003
CHISINAU, 17 November 2003- The first round of elections to the People's Assembly in Moldova's autonomous Gagauz region were marked by deficiencies concerning the secret ballot and the registration of candidates and voters, OSCE Mission to Moldova...
CiO appeals to Turkmen President to work with OSCE on human rights
Publishing date: 4 March 2003
THE HAGUE, 4 March 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, met Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov on Monday in Ashgabad to...